# 国民健康保険法 / National Health Insurance Act — 第八条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 8)

- Law: 国民健康保険法 (National Health Insurance Act), 昭和三十三年法律第百九十二号
- English title "National Health Insurance Act": Ministry of Justice translation
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- Provision: 第八条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 8) — address `suppl-4101-109/art-8`
- Text in force since: 2026-10-01
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### 第八条
<sup>suppl-4101-109/art-8 · https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/suppl-4101-109/art-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/suppl-4101-109/art-8</sup>

**第一項**  新国保法附則第十三項から第十六項までの規定に基づき算定される平成十一年度における国庫負担金、被用者保険等拠出対象額、概算療養給付費拠出金及び確定療養給付費拠出金については、新国保法附則第十三項中「当該費用の額」とあるのは「特別調整前概算医療費拠出金相当額（国民健康保険法等の一部を改正する法律（平成七年法律第五十三号）附則第八条第一項第一号に規定する特別調整前概算医療費拠出金相当額をいう。以下同じ。）」と、新国保法附則第十四項中「老人保健医療費拠出金の納付に要する費用の額」とあるのは「特別調整前概算医療費拠出金相当額」と、新国保法附則第十五項及び第十六項中「の納付に要する費用の額」とあるのは「に係る特別調整前概算医療費拠出金相当額」とする。
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With regard to the share of the national treasury, the amount subject to contributions from employee insurance, etc., the estimated contribution for medical treatment benefit expenses and the finalized contribution for medical treatment benefit expenses for the fiscal year 1999 that are calculated pursuant to the provisions of paragraphs (13) through (16) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Revised National Health Insurance Act, the phrase "the amount of those expenses" in paragraph (13) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Revised National Health Insurance Act is deemed to be replaced with "the special pre-adjustment estimated medical expense contribution equivalent (meaning the special pre-adjustment estimated medical expense contribution equivalent prescribed in Article 8, paragraph (1), item (i) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the National Health Insurance Act, etc. (Act No. 53 of 1995); the same applies hereinafter)", the phrase "the amount of expenses required for the payment of the medical expense contribution for health and medical services for the elderly" in paragraph (14) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Revised National Health Insurance Act with "the special pre-adjustment estimated medical expense contribution equivalent", and the phrase "the amount of expenses required for the payment of" in paragraphs (15) and (16) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Revised National Health Insurance Act with "the special pre-adjustment estimated medical expense contribution equivalent pertaining thereto".
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

## Cited by

1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 国民健康保険法 附則第一条第一項第二号（施行期日） — https://japanlaw.org/en/national-health-insurance-act/suppl-4101-109/art-1/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/333AC0000000192/suppl-4101-109/art-1/par-1/item-2

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 国民健康保険法 — the text in force from 2026-10-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/333AC0000000192/20261001_507AC0000000087), retrieved 2026-10-17
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — National Health Insurance Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/2453/tb), retrieved 2026-10-17
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch national-health-insurance-act-20261017T183826-019, translated 2026-10-18
- This site's parser, version 209 — 国民健康保険法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-17
